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Apple TV for the less tech literates (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’ve never used one, but I’m looking to get one for my parents as a gift. Personally, I’d go fire stick because I’ve had few issues and it seems simple enough, but they don’t have Prime so it doesn’t make a lot of sense.

They are set up on iPhones (a bit of struggle) and an iPad. They have little/no experience with smart TVs; currently just antenna TV and a chromecast from their computer (also a difficult explanation).

Would an Apple TV be a soft learning curve for them? Any other suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

If they have iPhones and an iPad it's a no brainer. everything works together so seamlessly. Personally I would never use anything but an AppleTV any more. Any time I see anyone's Roku or Fire Stick laggy and filled with ads it makes me just want to get an AppleTV for everyone so they can avoid that whole mess. I have a projector with Android TV (with Airplay!) and 3 days of mucking around with that junk was enough to motivate me to dig out the old AppleTV 4th gen. Buying a 4K 3rd gen in the next couple days because the remote is so much better.

I'm extremely tech literate. I just prefer to spend my time on more valuable things than navigating a TV interface. You won't have any problems, just google anything you don't understand.